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Chris Smith: Hopefully there will be significant and robust sanctions against those 22 countries and I would hope that they will…

On the recordJune 10, 2015
Hopefully there will be significant and robust sanctions against those 22 countries and I would hope that they will revisit Japan, as I mentioned to our two previous panelists, because Japan absolutely has to be on the list. It is a glaring omission.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the need for sanctions against countries, particularly Japan, for child abductions.

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